Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
At The Back => Time Out => Topic started by: MrBump on September 11, 2012, 07:42:06 PM
-
Anyone have any dealings with these guys, or their high street shop in Orpington?
I ordered a scratchplate ages ago, spoke to them some months back and they said that they were waiting on materials. Now I can't get them on the phone or via email.
Anyone heard anything about them? I've used them before, and they were great...
-
I've seen the website before, I think Afghan Dave told me about it.
Didn't order anything because they didn't have whatever it was I was looking for at the time (I think I may have sent an email and got no reply)
-
I probably did mention them as I saw they did some really cool stuff.
I haven't bought anything though... hope it works out. Did you pay by credit card? :?
-
Paypay - less worried about the cash (30 quid), but I sent them my original Charvel scratchplate to copy, and if they've gone under I can probably kiss that goodbye!
I'll chase them again today..
-
Paypay - less worried about the cash (30 quid), but I sent them my original Charvel scratchplate to copy, and if they've gone under I can probably kiss that goodbye!
That would be annoying, it's not as if you can easily get a replacement.
Not that it helps the current situation, but I've had scratchplates made by Sims before - they're good, but horrendously expensive.
-
I think WD pickguards are actually made by Simms for UK orders too.
Good luck getting the original guard back
-
I think WD pickguards are actually made by Simms for UK orders too.
Yep, that's right.
-
So - no luck with these guys. Constantly calling, emailing, no answer. They have a shopfront called TMT Music on Orpington High Street - no answer from them either.
Paypay won't open a resolution case, because it's been too long... Looks like I'm not going to get my original scratchplate back unless I break into the shop and have a hunt around for it.
Couldn't see the business listed as bankrupt, but I'm not sure that's a guarantee of them still being in business.
Pain in the @rse, it is.
-
OK - given up on getting the scratchplate back.
I have one (ironically, one they made for me a few years back, as a copy of the original!!!). Can anyone recommend a company that can make me another, with a different pickup configuration?
-
Ask Feline. :)
-
Ask Feline. :)
definitely, hes done me a few weird plates now..
-
I quite enjoy making scratchplates (....Afghan, don't laugh!), but bevelling the edges is the tricky part.
-
Thought that finding them under the bed would be harder
-
All the vintage celluloid pickguard blanks must make your bedroom quite a fire hazard. :D
-
:lol: I try to avoid the celluloid ones for that very reason - safety first!
The pearloid ones are OK, I think the Warmoth tortoiseshell material may be celluloid, though....
-
smokers should not use torty plates
-
smokers should not use torty plates
I am most definitely NOT a smoker! :lol:
On the subject of scratchplates, if I made myself a couple of plates (sometime in the next decade or so) could you do the edge-bevelling for me? Or is it more trouble than it's worth?